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Danielle Royal is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group and a member of the Management Committee in the Toronto office. Her practice focuses on class actions, complex commercial litigation and competition litigation. Danielle has appeared before all levels of Court in Ontario, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She has represented clients on several cross-border class actions involving claims of price-fixing and conspiracy, other commercial dispu...

As a partner in the Firm, Sarah acts for employers in both the federal and provincial jurisdictions. Her clients operate in a range of industries, including manufacturing, telecommunications, retail, financial services and pharmaceutical. Before joining Filion, Sarah practiced management-side labour and employment law with a global firm. Sarah provides practical and strategic advice to employers on all aspects of labour and employment law. She regularly acts as counsel in wrongful dismissal l...

Dimitri Lascaris is a Siskinds partner and leader of Siskinds’ Securities Class Actions Group. Before joining Siskinds, Mr. Lascaris practiced securities law in the New York and Paris offices of a major Wall Street law firm. In August 2013, he was named by Canadian Business Magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in Canadian business, describing him as “the fiercest legal advocate for shareholder rights.” Mr. Lascaris is currently prosecuting numerous domestic and ...

Peter Howard is senior counsel in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, including securities law, class actions, commercial contracts, oppression and other types of shareholder and/or joint venture litigation and insolvency matters. Peter also has extensive experience in arbitrations, mediation and alternate dispute resolution. Peter has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada and the trial and appellate levels of courts in Ontario a...

Tim is a partner in Blaney McMurtry's Business Restructuring and Insolvency group. His practice focuses on advising owner managed private corporations, together with traditional and non-traditional financial institutions, the accounting firms that provide services to these institutions, and their respective corporate and individual clients. Over the past 30 years, Tim's practice has evolved from one that focused exclusively on insolvency law and the legal issues that arise in corporate debt r...

Calvin Lantz is a partner in the Real Estate Group and head of the Municipal & Land Use Group. He is a Certified Specialist in Municipal Law (Land Use Planning and Development) and appears before administrative boards and approval bodies and agencies; including the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (formerly the Ontario Municipal Board), committees of adjustment, land division committees and municipal councils. Calvin acts for a broad range of residential, commercial, industrial and institut...

Mike Devereux is a partner in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups and a member of the Associates Committee in the Toronto office. His practice focuses on securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on public and private mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, private equity transactions, strategic transactions such as joint ventures, partnerships and significant investments, and corporate finance transactions. Mike has advised issuers, boards of directors, spe...

Stan Floras is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Municipal Law. Stan, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Gesta Abols’ practice is focused on mergers & acquisitions (including private equity), strategic investments, corporate governance and shareholder activism. Gesta provides expert legal advice, superior service and structure to bring clarity to complex challenges. Gesta is the Co-Leader of the firm’s US Practice and on the executive of the firm’s Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions (CM and M&A) Committee. Gesta is consistently recognized as a leader in the ...

Nancy Kleer is one of the founding partners of OKT. In her practice of Aboriginal rights, she represents Aboriginal clients responding to a variety of resource developments, including mineral exploration, mining, and hydroelectric development, in negotiations and litigation. She also advises on federal and provincial environmental protection and assessment law. She provides legal advice and does legal drafting on issues addressed in negotiations for comprehensive land claims, Aboriginal self-...